About this recording
- Title as given by the source
- Turns out Ashim is a beautiful singer. He was very quiet throughout our interactions in the Sinha house, and then came a point when it became clear he was a singer. And, he sang so beautifully. Here are three songs; the Lalon song right at the end was quite unlike how Lalon Shah’s songs are usually sung, especially in the western side of Bengal, including Kushtia, Nadia and Birbhum-Barddhaman. I am also keeping that one here, to show a trend, because Ashim is not alone in what he is doing with the song. His take sounds ‘adhunik’—pop and filmy. He says he learned this song from a record of Shafi Mondol.
- Place
- SylhetLocation is approximate — known to district level.
- Date
- Date unknown
- Collection
- The Travelling Archive
- Persistent ID
- BDMA-R-000541
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- APA
- Turns out Ashim is a beautiful singer. He was very quiet throughout our interactions in the Sinha house, and then came a point when it became clear he was a singer. And, he sang so beautifully. Here are three songs; the Lalon song right at the end was quite unlike how Lalon Shah’s songs are usually sung, especially in the western side of Bengal, including Kushtia, Nadia and Birbhum-Barddhaman. I am also keeping that one here, to show a trend, because Ashim is not alone in what he is doing with the song. His take sounds ‘adhunik’—pop and filmy. He says he learned this song from a record of Shafi Mondol.. (n.d.). The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000541 Original: https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/laksmisvar-sinha-archive/
- Chicago
- "Turns out Ashim is a beautiful singer. He was very quiet throughout our interactions in the Sinha house, and then came a point when it became clear he was a singer. And, he sang so beautifully. Here are three songs; the Lalon song right at the end was quite unlike how Lalon Shah’s songs are usually sung, especially in the western side of Bengal, including Kushtia, Nadia and Birbhum-Barddhaman. I am also keeping that one here, to show a trend, because Ashim is not alone in what he is doing with the song. His take sounds ‘adhunik’—pop and filmy. He says he learned this song from a record of Shafi Mondol.." Recorded in Sylhet. n.d. The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra, BDMA-R-000541. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000541. Original at https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/laksmisvar-sinha-archive/.
- Persistent URL
- https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000541
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